March 19, 2015
Dana Holding Corp., UNWTO, AstraZeneca and more.
World Reports includes stories about Dana in Italy, tourism hot spots, Milacron in the Czech Republic, AstraZeneca in the UK and JLL's top cities for direct real estate investment.
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March 19, 2015
About Face
In early 2014, Maryland state legislators convened a private-sector task force to study the state’s business climate.
March 19, 2015
Growing Protein
Part of VBF’s plan is to expand production capacity like many an ag company has done in the past: by inking deals with independent growers who will sell their fish to VBF for processing.
March 17, 2015
Automatic Transmission
Robotics and automation firms look to Asia and to smaller companies for growth, and create jobs along the way.
March 12, 2015
The Momentum Magnet
New industrial development keeps pouring into Southwest Louisiana.
March 12, 2015
Gov. Rauner: ‘It’s Time To Get Us on the List’
The Quad Cities’ Mississippi River divide is just part of the local landscape, except to Illinois-side economic developers and the capital investors they seek. The latter have a stark choice in which state to operate.
March 12, 2015
Bright Outlook
The broad move from a finance-led economy to an innovation-led economy has required industries and metropolitan areas to adapt. Financial and professional service firms are now competing with tech firms for the best graduates.
March 12, 2015
Feels Like Home to Me
The towns of Dyersburg, Newbern and Trimble in Dyer County, Tenn., have produced a lot of goods in their history, from Sylvania flash bulbs in the 1970s to utility transformers from Ermco today.
March 11, 2015
Clean Numbers
A trio of studies attempts to put some flesh on the bones of clean-energy claims in North Carolina.
March 11, 2015
Rare Breeds
Seventy manufacturing plants across the United States join an exclusive club. Twenty communities hope to join one too.
March 11, 2015
Waste Naught
Nexterra's innovative bioenergy plant is one solution helping the University of British Columbia achieve its lofty sustainability goals.
March 9, 2015
From Mind to Marketplace
From creating the most pioneering business environments to mentoring students who build life-saving mobile-apps, Kentucky’s colleges and universities are turning students and entrepreneurs into the next great innovators.
March 6, 2015
Kentucky Aluminum
Kentucky is already known for its horses and bourbon. Now there’s another industry that’s making waves in the Commonwealth: aluminum.
March 6, 2015
Kentucky Shooting for the Stars
Finding missing comets isn’t the only work taking place in Kentucky’s aerospace sector.
March 5, 2015
Unearthed Glory
Detroit could be on the path from bankruptcy to boom. For now it's one step at a time.
March 5, 2015
Unconventional Wisdom: The DIY Approach To Site Research:
Why pay someone else to do something you can do for yourself?
March 5, 2015
Awards Season
Honors and accolades are great. Cold hard cash is too.
March 3, 2015
Top Micropolitans: A Buckeye Bonanza
All around the state, economic development organizations are scorching their competition for new and expanded corporate facility projects.
March 3, 2015
Top Metros Tier 3: Sustaining the Momentum
With Odessa No. 1 and Midland tied for fourth place in our tally of corporate facility investment success for 2014 in Tier-3 cities, West Texas would seem to be on a pronounced upswing.
March 2, 2015
Top Metros Tier 2: Get On Board
North Carolina takes the top spot this year in the Tier-2 metro category, with Greensboro-High Point moving up three spots from its fourth-place finish in 2013. Elkhart-Goshen, Ind., was the biggest mover, climbing up six spots from No. 9 in 2013.
March 2, 2015
Top Metros: Strength in Diversity
Frank Sinatra once famously crooned, “My kind of town, Chicago is.” These days he would be joined by a chorus of business and industry executives who have chosen to invest in the Windy City.
March 2, 2015
A League of Their Own
The 2014 Governors Cups recognize the top performing states for capital investment attraction in a season that lasts all year.
February 17, 2015
Ocean Cluster Takes Shape in Portland
An Icelandic industry model migrates to the New World.
February 17, 2015
Dialing for Dollars
How companies are winning the battle for the best call center talent.